The need for a regional framework for marine scientific research in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

Abstract

One of the important contributions of the 1982 United Nations Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) is Part XIII on Marine Scientific Research (MSR). UNCLOS recognizes the general rule that all states have the right to conduct MSR subject to rights and duties of other states under the convention and in addition, the obligation to promote and facilitate MSR. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.